Two exhibitions
dal 18/7/2002 al 8/9/2002
Segnalato da
18/7/2002
Two exhibitions
ICA - Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
Two exhibitions which reveal the increasingly complex collaborative relationship between artist and model, and recall a period when art, media, fashion and music were cross-fertilising. In the lower gallery: portrait photographs of performance artist and fashion designer Leigh Bowery, taken by Fergus Greer. In the upper galleries: a series of photographs and films by Richard Kern.
Artist <-> Model
The ICA presents two exhibitions which reveal
the increasingly complex collaborative
relationship between artist and model, and
recall a period when art, media, fashion and
music were cross-fertilising.
Fergus Greer/Leigh Bowery
'...astonishing....bold, ballsy images' Independent
In the lower gallery there will be a selection of colour
and black-and-white portrait photographs of
performance artist and fashion designer Leigh Bowery,
taken by Fergus Greer. They reflect the collaborative
relationship Greer had with Bowery from 1988 until his
death in 1994. Greer's portraits of Bowery offer a
playful satirising of classical portraiture, militaristic
heroism and social camouflage, while engaging with
radical fashion performance and sexuality.
Richard Kern
'operating for 20 years at the boundaries of the art
world, the music scene and the sex industry without
really belonging to any of them' Time Out, New York
In the upper galleries the ICA presents a series of
photographs and films by the American artist Richard
Kern. The predominant theme running throughout his
work is a fascination for the aesthetics and
problematics of voyeurism and pornography. Kern's
subtly subversive and seductive photographs of young
female models show them posing in a variety of
domestic settings, often in the middle of daily routines
such as bathing, squeezing spots or using eye-drops.
Richard Kern in Conversation: Cinema 1, 19 July, 7pm
The evil cameraman will be in discussion with curator
Matthew Higgs, novelist Geoff Nicholson and
artist/occasional Kern model, Lucy McKenzie. A
selection of Richard Kern's films and slides will also be
shown.
GBP 8.00, GBP 7.00 Concs. GBP 6.00 ICA Members
Full Price : £1.50 Mon-Fri; £2.50 weekends.
Concessions : £1 Mon-Fri; £1.50 weekends.
ICA Members : Free.
Venue(s) : Upper Gallery.
Lower Gallery.
Fri 19 Jul - Sun 08 Sep
12:00
Concourse Gallery
12:00
Lower Gallery
12:00
Upper Gallery
ICA
12 Carlton House Terrace
London